BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – Australia coach Michael Cheika believes his side did enough to win their drawn Rugby Championship encounter with South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday and is now looking to finish the four-nation tournament with an away win in Argentina. Cheika said the 27-27 draw at the Free State Stadium was disappointing, with the […]
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s industry regulator Cocobod plans to open the 2017/18 cocoa season on Oct 13, later than usual, after receiving part of a syndicated loan it signed this month to cover its purchasing needs, two company officials said on Saturday. The world’s second-largest cocoa producer does not plan to lower the producer price […]
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By Abdirahman Hussein and Orhan Coskun MOGADISHU/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey opened its biggest overseas military base on Saturday in Somalia’s capital, cementing its ties with the volatile but strategic Muslim nation and building a presence in East Africa. More than 10,000 Somali soldiers will be trained by Turkish officers at the base, a senior Turkish […]
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – A military cargo plane crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa on Saturday, killing its 12 crew members, the defence minister said. “I confirm that a military aircraft crashed this morning,” said Defence Minister Crispin Atama Tabe. “All 12 members of the crew died.” According to an army officer who witnessed […]
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that it expects its economy to grow 3.2 percent this year, up from an earlier projection of 3.1 percent, due to slight improvements in commodity prices and mining sector activity. Congo, Africa’s top copper producer, saw GDP grow just 2.4 percent in 2016, owing largely […]
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By Fiston Mahamba GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A rebel spokesman in eastern Congo said on Friday that his movement intended to march across the country to the capital Kinshasa to depose President Joseph Kabila, who refused to quit power at the end of his mandate last year. Led by self-proclaimed ‘general’ William […]
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon authorities on Friday banned all gatherings of more than four people, ordered bus stations, eateries and shops to shut and forbade movement between divisions of its English-speaking region for three days to prevent planned protests. Anglophone Cameroonians plan to demonstrate on Oct. 1st, the day of their independence from Britain, over […]
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. government is investing more than $170 million to help two new vaccines against the Ebola virus and two Ebola drugs complete the steps needed for approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the department of Health and […]
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Weather Service said on Friday that it now forecasts a weak La Nina weather pattern to develop in the early summer, raising expectations for above-normal rainfall across large swathes of the country, including parts of the maize belt. But it cautioned in its monthly outlook, that looks five months […]
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy grew more slowly in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2016 due to a weaker performance in agriculture, manufacturing and financial services, the statistics office said on Friday. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said the economy expanded by 5.0 percent year-on-year in […]
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will return to Gabon’s squad for their World Cup qualifier against Morocco in just over a week after missing their last two matches, he said on Friday. The Borussia Dortmund marksman was a surprise absentee as Gabon lost 3-0 at home to Ivory Coast on Sept. 2 but then three […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel went fastest ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari set the pace on the opening day of Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix practice on Friday. Vettel’s time of one minute 31.261, the fastest ever around the 5.5-kilometre Sepang track, was set in the second 90-minute […]
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